Oxfordshire

NO BED AT THE HOSPITAL

Sunday, 7th March 2010

It was shocking that a child severely ill with meningococcal septicaemia, was refused admission to the John Radcliffe Hospital and sent to London because only six intensive care beds for children were provided to serve four counties ('No bed for sick boy', front page, 'The Oxford Times', 25th... More

UKIP POLICY ON RESTORING BRITISHNESS

Sunday, 14th February 2010

The policy below on restoring Britishness was published by UKIP on Friday. The general principles of UKIP's Restoring Britishness policy are as follows: 1 Britishness Defined UKIP believes in civic nationalism, which is inclusive and open to anyone of any ethnic or religious background who... More

NIGEL FARAGE AT THE OXFORD LIBERTARIAN SOCIETY

Sunday, 24th January 2010

Rather belatedly, below is the video of the talk that Nigel Farage gave to the Oxford Libertarian Society at the end of last November. The Oxford Libertarian Society describe their position as : "We're a student society at the University of Oxford committed to exploring and promoting... More

GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Saturday, 23rd January 2010

The press release below went out last Tuesday and announced the appointment of UKIP's General Election Campaign Director :   BEGINS   The UK Independence Party (UKIP) today announced it has appointed veteran election campaigner James Pryor as the Party’s campaign director,... More

STILL SPINNING ! CAN THEY HELP IT ?

Saturday, 9th January 2010

The British Weights and Measures Association welcomed, on the 31st December, an announcement that Britain would be able to keep some of its imperial units. In  a press release they said : British Weights & Measures Association - Press Release     (Immediate)... More

LORD PEARSON NEW LEADER OF UKIP

Sunday, 29th November 2009

Lord Pearson has been elected the new leader of UKIP after a generally well-conducted campaign. The results of the election were as follows : Malcom PEARSON                4,743 votes        47.7%... More

NEW TWIST OF WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE

Sunday, 20th September 2009

The BBC reports that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has just ruled that workers taken ill on holiday can now claim time back as sick leave. The judgement came in a case where a Spanish employee had claimed that he should have been able to reschedule his holiday after... More

EXTRADITION - WHOSE SIDE ARE THEY ON ?

Monday, 17th August 2009

A computer geek is threatened with 60 years in a US prison as a terrorist and extradited under a lopsided extradition agreement. Ministers refuse to prosecute him in the United Kingdom.   A 20-year old British student is sent to Greece for a murder with “evidence” allegedly... More

NORWICH NORTH AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE RESULTS

Saturday, 25th July 2009

              While not a win for UKIP, the result of the Norwich North by-election was pretty good - the 11.8% of the vote gained by Glenn Tingle, the candidate, was the highest-ever result in a Westminster by-election or General Election. Only... More

NO LONGER A MINOR PARTY ?

Sunday, 21st June 2009

Now that the dust has settled over the European election campaign its reasonable to take a look at the results and see where UKIP is now and where it might go in the future. Well, whichever way one cuts it, it has to be counted a great success : 13 seats won (one more than last time), 16.5% of the... More

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